Matthew Bowles

“I started painting at 11 years old while on holiday with my family on the East coast of England. Art was an important part of our lives, interesting paintings and prints hung on the walls of our house. I attended an Art foundation course at the Hammersmith College of Art and Building in 1974. After 50 years mostly spent in the offset lithography trade I have taken up painting again.

My works are a fresh look at local places that because of their familiarity we may not have noticed how beautiful they really are”.